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How Gujarat's Forest Department Engages Youth in Citizen Science

Gujarat’s forests, grasslands, wetlands and coastline offer a living laboratory for young people. From Asiatic lions in Gir to mangroves around the Gulf of…

The diversity of dragonflies and damselflies in Gujarat’s wetlands

Gujarat’s wetlands are living mosaics of open water, reed beds, muddy margins, seasonal pools and floodplain vegetation. These habitats support an impressive…

Gujarat's forest villages are bringing water back to life

Across Gujarat's forests, a village pond is more than open water. It stores monsoon runoff, can recharge shallow groundwater and supplies livestock. Ponds may…

Spotted Eagle-Owls in Gujarat's Scrublands

The status of the spotted eagle-owl in Gujarat's scrublands is not captured by a reliable statewide population figure. This large owl, Bubo nipalensis, is…

How Gujarat’s forest department checks the health of captive elephants

Elephant health checks in Gujarat combine veterinary medicine, daily observation and close supervision of the facilities where the animals are housed. The…

How Prosopis juliflora Reshapes the Native Flora of Kutch

Kutch, the vast salt-encrusted peninsula that curves into the Arabian Sea, has long been celebrated for its stark beauty: the white shimmer of the Rann, the…

Gujarat Designs Green Corridors for Leopards on City Outskirts

For more than a decade, leopards in Gujarat have been showing up in places that used to feel safe and predictable. A neighbourhood bus stop, a sugarcane field…

The ecology of the Indian Giant Squirrel in the Dang Forests

The ecology of the Indian Giant Squirrel in the Dang Forests is shaped by one dominant feature: a multilayered living roof. This endangered, diurnal, arboreal…

Tracking the shadows: camera traps and Gujarat's elusive carnivores

Camera trapping has quietly become one of the most reliable windows into the private lives of animals that refuse to be seen. Across rugged terrain where…

Sacred Groves of Saurashtra: Living Sanctuaries of Biodiversity

Across the rugged peninsular landscape of Saurashtra in western Gujarat, clusters of ancient woodland have survived for centuries not because of formal…